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God
Save the Queen
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God
save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble
Queen,
God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us;
God save the Queen! |
O
Lord our God arise,
Scatter our enemies
And make them fall;
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish
tricks,
On Thee our hopes we
fix,
Oh, save us all! |
Thy
choicest gifts in store
On her be pleased to
pour;
Long may she reign;
May she defend our laws,
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and
voice.
God save the Queen! |
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First
performed as a patriotic song in 1745.
Adopted
as the British National Anthem in the early 1800s.
Only the first verse is usually sung on official
occasions. |
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Our
Rock, Our Home, Our Pride
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Rock
of ages, proud and strong;
Terrain of majesty and beauty;
A haven from the stormy tide,
Our rock, our home, our pride. |
In
this land where we belong,
We pray our kinsmen know their duty.
May the flag of Britain soar
O’er Gibraltar evermore. |
Unique
our mighty fortress stands,
Commanding all her neighbouring lands.
Our Rock, so rugged in its form
Weathers every storm
With a heart so warm: |
Rock
of ages, proud and strong;
Terrain of majesty and beauty;
A haven from the stormy tide,
Our rock, our home, our pride. |
In
this land where we belong,
We pray our kinsmen know their duty.
May the flag of Britain soar
O’er Gibraltar evermore. |
And
through our life long may we stand
So proud of this, our happy Land
And may this spirit ever bring
Joy in every thing
As our voices sing: |
Rock
of ages, proud and strong;
Terrain of majesty and beauty;
A haven from the stormy tide,
Our rock, our home, our pride. |
In
this land where we belong,
We pray our kinsmen know their duty.
May the flag of Britain soar
O’er Gibraltar evermore. |
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Spanish
sovereignty claims over Gibraltar in the 1960s and
the eventual closure of the land frontier gave rise
to an increase in patriotic fervour in Gibraltar.
First sung in Gibraltar in 1970 by Dorothy Squires.
Words & Music: Ronald Bridges & Brian Willey.
Arrangement for this website: Mr Joe Gomila |
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Llevamé
donde nací
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Llevamé
donde nací,
Que a tu lado quiero estar.
No hay un sitio para mí,
Como mi buen Gibraltar. |
Solo
donde ví la luz,
Tengo puesta mi illusion.
Llévame quiero morir,
Junto aquel mi gran Peñon. |
La
Linea y el Campamento,
Algeciras y mucho mas,
Los dominan por su altura
El Peñon de Gibraltar. |
Aunque
América es muy grande,
Y tiene mucho que ver,
Yo quiero a mi Peñoncito,
Aquel que me dió a mí el ser. |
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Words
and music attributed to Pepe Roman, an accomplished
Gibraltarian guitarist and composer. Written in
the early 1930s. Many Gibraltarians had emigrated
to America in search of fortune but found only the
hardships of the Great Depression. The song reflects
the disillusion, anxiety and homesickness of these
emigrants.
During the Second World War, this song became the
"anthem" of those civilians who were evacuated
from the Rock. |
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